Cows safer than women: Sujatro Ghosh is tackling issues of women's safety

A Delhi-based activist is tackling the problem of women's safety through a unique photo campaign

Mumbai’s bustling streets are witnessing an unusual sight these days. In classrooms, parks, outside butcher shops, at Worli Sea Link and Dadar station, women are posing for photographs with cow masks. It doesn’t matter if they’re young or old, students, slum dwellers, professionals or domestic workers — they’re all coming together to raise a collective voice in a series of startling photographs that have gone viral on social media. The brainchild of 23-year-old Sujatro Ghosh, an independent photographer and activist, this photo campaign highlights the politically explosive question: are cows more important than women in today’s India? 

Ghosh was inspired